266 WEST AFRICAN FORESTS AND FORESTRY 
Grows abundantly throughout the Tropics. The seeds are 
useful as condiments or as medicine. 
Mpyristicacee sp. 
Pycnanthus Kombo. White Cedar. Akomu (Yoruba); Omocham 
(Benin). 
It is found in the Calabar, Ogoja, Owerri, Benin, Ondo 
and Abeokuta provinces of Nigeria. 
It is a very common tree, especially at the edges of roads 
and in old farms. It is not so common in the original forest. 
It grows up to 15 feet in girth. It has a very cylindrical 
bole, with long, straight, outstanding branches growing close 
together, more or less forming a flat crown. The leaves are large 
and pinnate, and the small fruit, which grows in clusters, half 
opens, disclosing a bright red interior with one round seed 
covered with pink, mace-like fibre. The slash is pinkish- 
white, and heavy, sticky white latex streaked with red exudes 
very freely after it has been cut. 
The timber is soft and white and not durable. It has not 
so far been used either for export or locally. 
Lauracee. 
Ocotea cf. Egg-shaped fruit tree. Agkwokhau (Benin). 
Found in the Benin province. 
Capparidacee. 
Crateva Adansonii (Guill. et Pierre). Egun oran (Yoruba). 
Tree 30 feet high with yellow flowers. Found growing at 
Fiditi, Oyo province. 
Cappiaris Thonningii. Ekkana, Awoa (Yoruba). 
It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the Abeokuta 
province of Nigeria. 
Rosacee. 
Parinariwm sp. Babu (Yoruba) ; Oria (Benin) ; Oko (Ibo, Owerri) ; 
Oguru (Brass); Edat (Efik); Ukpoi, Edat, Mpuri (Oban, 
Ekoi). 
It is found in the Olokemeji Reserve of the Abeokuta 
province of Nigeria, and Asaba district, Benin province. 
It is a large tree with irregular surface to the bole, muscular- 
like protrusions being seen here and there, as well as similar 
shaped depressions. The crown is wide and flattish, and of 
light foliage. The fruit is a large, nasty-smelling, apple- 
shaped drupe. 
The timber is white, with apparently little difference between 
